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Straight after my emergency Caesarean section is I was hooked up to a syringe driver full of morphine, personally I didn’t like the feel of it so asked after about two hours to have it removed, . I was then given Co-codamol, as I’m not very good at taking painkillers , again I felt very spaced out and not in control of myself and certainly not capable of looking after my precious daughter safely.
On the second day I refused Co-codamol , but accepted Paracetamol as I was having the drainage tube removed and figured that it might actually hurt a lot (which unfortunately it did, actually made my toes curl).
I carried on taking that for a further two days then once I went home the hospital prescribed Co-codamol (why after I refused it I don’t know), we stopped and bout bought Paracetamol so that I had some for if should I needed need it.
Once home I didn’t take them regularly , but more at bedtime because it was uncomfortable by then, but after about a week I had stopped altogether.Please don’t think I am being brave about the pain but I just didn’t need them and that doesn’t mean that others shouldn’t take the Morphine after surgery or reduce to Co-codamol. Personally, personally for me I just didn’t need them.
Yes a Caesarean can and does affect your bodily functions, I struggled to even pass urine, a . A nurse brought me a straw to blow in while I was trying to go and I thought she was crazy, I mean what was that supposed to do (it did make me laugh while I was doing it) , but seemingly it helps to stimulate the right muscles or maybe it was just me laughing that made me go.
Ahh the wind, well what can I say about that, yep there was plenty of it and at rather embarrassing times, but I suppose the nurses have heard it all before, . I apologised constantly to them.
As for the bowels, yes it was painful and I was scared in case I burst myself open but surprisingly that never happened, it . It can be difficult and some ladies may well need to be prescribed medication to help them go more easily.
I think stairs were a bit of a fear for me once I got home, it was painful getting up, one . One of the midwives that visited suggested walking up backwards as you are less inclined to lean, I thought oh great maybe less inclined to lean but I will probably end up falling down, . I did give it a go , but was very tense at the thought of falling so it didn’t really help me.
You will probably feel that it’s the last thing you want to do BUT you must keep moving and by moving I don’t mean doing the housework or exercise I mean walking around slowly and carefully, it . It will stop things ceasing up and help a lot with recovery.